Calling all Creatives - professionals, academics and creative practitioners. Come for a coffee, a chat, and a cocktail. Meet other creatives and contribute to the debate.

WHEN Thursday 5 December 2013.
WHERE E3 Belfast Metropolitan College, 398 Springfield Rd.
TIME 9.00 am till cocktail hour.
COST Bupkiss. Zilch. Nada. We intend to give you stuff.

Confirmed speakers: Andrew Bolster (Farset Labs), Sebastian Heinz (Patchblocks/QUB), Christine James (Blick Studios), Greg Maguire (Ulster University), Paula McFetridge (Kabosh), Oonagh Murphy (Arts Researcher/Manager), Andy McMillan (Good on Paper), Anne McReynolds (The Mac), Ruth Morrow (Tactility Factory/QUB), Niall Rea (TheatrofplucK), Adam Turkington (Culture Night), Adam Wallace (FabLab), Shannon Yee (Writer/Educator).

What builds the most effective creative industry network in Northern Ireland?

The Creative Exchange Northern Ireland (CXNI) is a knowledge exchange project that seek to answer this question from the perspective of the creative people themselves. With dynamic input from sector leaders, CXNI wants to know what the relationship is between people and place? What support has enabled your success? How does knowledge exchange with universities, with research and with other like-minded creative businesses sustain your valuable work as a creative person? This event will bring together a wide range of creative people from different disciplines to share their experience and to identify trends, challenges and opportunities. Networking solo and micro creative businesses is essential and will be part of the packed agenda for the day. CXNI hopes for fruitful exchange between participants and to facilitate immediate opportunities for collaboration.

Further information regarding CXNI project research and support will be announced. At the end of the planned agenda for the day, we hope you will join us for a break for cocktail hour before Belfast’s ‘Late Night Art’.

REGISTRATION THROUGH EVENTBRITE IS ESSENTIAL.

Sessions:

'Creative Collaborative Futures: The Year is 2050...'

'From Ceramics to 3D Printing: Discussing Maker Research Culture in Northern Ireland'

'Performing Knowledge Exchange'

'Digital Needs: Identifying Useful Digital Methods and Networks'

'Mapping Northern Ireland's Creative Industries'

Getting there:

Free car parking at the E3 venue

A free minibus will run in the morning from Ulster University city campus at 8:45am

A free minibus will run in the morning from the Sonic Arts Research Centre, QUB at 8:45am

**This event will be recorded for research and promotional purposes**